Hey Ladies,
For all of you who enjoy the meditation we did at Tapestry and the idea of mindfulness and listening to your thoughts, there is a wonderful book out by Eckhart Tolle called A New Earth. The book is wonderful and takes the next step after The Power of Now, which I read and took quotes from often in our morning practices. The really cool thing is there are free classes being broad casted over the Internet, interviewing Eckhart Tolle. Oprah is making this all happen...if you love her or not, it's worth the time to listen to what Eckhart Tolle is saying.
The web site is, www.oprah.com/anewearth, and you'll need high speed Internet if you want to watch it on the computer. You can also download it on your itunes.
Let me know what you think. It's pretty revolutionary to think that this many humans are getting exposed to mindfulness!!
Hope you are all staying present,
Namaste,
Thalia
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I was in the process of reading the book when this comment was posted. To be honest, I didn't get as much out of the text as I had hoped. Perhaps it is because I am so far removed from the "awakening" process that Tolle describes, but I kept getting bogged down by the seeming redundancy and detail. I wish I had read this book at Tapestry for the benefit of discussion!
I did come across some particularly applicable passages, though.
"People look upon the present moment as either marred by something that has happened and shouldn't have or as deficient because of something that has not happened but should have. And so they miss the deeper perfection that is inherent in life itself, a perfection that is always already here, that lies beyond what is happening or not happening, beyond form. Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is deeper than any form and untouched by time." (pg 213)
Keep in touch, Thalia!
Leisel
Leisel - thanks for sharing that quote!
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